SUNDAY WEATHER: Cooler in places – LEVEL 5 thunderstorm and the coastal wind & wave warning continues

By Staff Writer
Published: 7 March 2026 [updated 8 March]

This forecast is for: Sun 08 March 2026
The maps cover: Sun 08 Mar – Sun 08 Mar


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Warnings from the SA Weather Service for Sunday:

A. level 5 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours leading to flooding of low-lying bridges and roads and damage to infrastructure and settlements due to strong damaging winds over the Lowveld of Limpopo as well as the northern Lowveld of Mpumalanga in the morning.

B. level 2 warning for severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours leading to localised flooding of susceptible roads, settlements, low-lying bridges/areas and possible strong damaging winds over eastern Mpumalanga as well as central and eastern Limpopo.

C. level 2 warning for damaging winds and waves resulting in localised damage to settlements and temporary structures, localised disruption to power and communications, as well as disruptions of beach/port activity, in places along the north coast of KwaZulu-Natal in the morning.

A level 1 warning for damaging winds (sustained at 45-55 km/h with gusts of 60-70 km/h) may result in difficult driving conditions for high-sided vehicles and localized damage to settlements over most parts of Gauteng, the Highveld of Mpumalanga as well as Limpopo, except the Lowveld and western Bushveld (not marked on the map).

Regional forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Sunday:

GAUTENG
Cloudy and cool with isolated showers.

MPUMALANGA
Morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool to cold with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers, but isolated over the western Highveld.

LIMPOPO
Morning fog along the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool with scattered to widespread showers and thundershowers in the east, otherwise isolated.

NORTH WEST
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers except the south-east.

THE FREE STATE
Partly cloudy and cool to warm with isolated showers and thundershowers in the extreme east.

THE NORTHERN CAPE
Partly cloudy in the extreme north-east, otherwise fine and cool to warm but hot to very hot in the north-west. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly.

THE WESTERN CAPE
Cool along the south coast, otherwise fine and warm to hot but very hot in places in the north-west. The wind along the coast will be fresh to strong southerly to south-easterly, but moderate to fresh easterly along the south coast.

THE WESTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Fine in the north, otherwise partly cloudy and cool to warm, but cloudy with isolated showers and rain along the coast and adjacent interior east of Cape St. Francis. The wind along the coast will be light and variable, becoming moderate to fresh northeasterly from mid-morning, reaching strong in places east of Algoa Bay from the afternoon.

THE EASTERN HALF OF THE EASTERN CAPE
Partly cloudy north of the escarpment, otherwise cloudy and cool with isolated showers and rain, but scattered in the east. The wind along the coast will be light to moderate south-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly from late morning.

KWAZULU-NATAL
Evening fog patches over the interior, otherwise cloudy and cool to cold with scattered showers and rain. The wind along the coast will be moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly, becoming light to moderate south-easterly in the afternoon.

Travellers forecasts from the SA Weather Service for Sunday:

PRETORIA
Cloudy with isolated showers.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/20°C

JOHANNESBURG
Cloudy with isolated showers.
Minimum/Maximum: 12/17°C

VEREENIGING
Cloudy with isolated showers.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/18°C

MBOMBELA
Cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/18°C

POLOKWANE
Cloudy with isolated showers and thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/21°C

MAHIKENG
Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon thundershowers.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/25°C

VRYBURG
Partly cloudy.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/28°C

BLOEMFONTEIN
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/26°C

KIMBERLEY
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/27°C

UPINGTON
Fine.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/31°C

CAPE TOWN
Fine.
Wind: Light to moderate southerly to south-easterly.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/29°C

GEORGE
Fine.
Wind: Light and variable, becoming moderate easterly to south-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 13/23°C

GQEBERHA
Cloudy with light isolated showers and rain in the morning, otherwise partly cloudy.
Wind: Light and variable, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly from mid-morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 15/23°C

EAST LONDON
Cloudy with isolated showers and rain, but partly cloudy during the afternoon.
Wind: Light south-westerly, becoming moderate to fresh north-easterly from late morning.
Minimum/Maximum: 16/23°C

DURBAN
Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly to south-westerly, becoming light south-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/22°C

RICHARDS BAY
Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Wind: Moderate to fresh southerly, becoming moderate south-easterly in the afternoon.
Minimum/Maximum: 20/24°C

PIETERMARITZBURG
Cloudy with scattered showers and rain.
Minimum/Maximum: 14/18°C

This forecast is usually updated a few times per day.



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